MINNESOTA TWINS (2-0) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (0-2)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN
FINAL
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
1
0
0
2
0
3
3
0
0
4
1
0
5
0
0
6
0
0
7
0
6
8
0
0
9
0
X
R
1
9
H
4
8
E
0
0
LOB
5
7
WINNING PITCHER: Santiago (1-0, 1.80)
LOSING PITCHER: Kennedy (0-1, 5.40)
SAVE: None
FIRST PITCH: 12:11 p.m.
GAME TIME TEMP: 47 degrees, wind NE at 10 mph
TIME OF GAME: 3:06
HOME RUNS: E. Escobar (1, 7th inning off Strahm, 3-2 pitch, two on, two outs, 393 feet to left-center)
PITCHING LINES:
TWINS
Hector Santiago (W, 1-0)
Tyler Duffey
Matt Belisle
Taylor Rogers
Ryan Pressly
Justin Haley
IP
5.0
1.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.0
H
4
0
0
0
0
0
R
1
0
0
0
0
0
ER
1
0
0
0
0
0
BB
2
0
1
0
0
0
SO
4
0
2
1
2
0
HR
0
0
0
0
0
0
WP
0
0
0
0
0
0
PITCHES/K
88/52
6/5
18/12
8/5
9/7
13/9
ROYALS
Ian Kennedy (L, 0-1)
Mike Minor
Nate Karns
Matt Strahm
Chris Young
IP
5.0
1.0
0.2
0.1
1.0
H
3
0
2
1
2
R
3
0
4
2
0
ER
3
0
4
2
0
BB
5
1
2
1
0
SO
5
0
2
0
0
HR
0
0
0
1
0
WP
0
0
0
0
0
PITCHES/K
95/55
16/10
27/13
17/9
18/14
ATTENDANCE: 15,171
NEXT GAME:
Royals at Twins
Thursday, April 6 – 12:10 pm (CT)
--------------------------------------------Kyle Gibson (R)
vs.
Jason Hammel (R)
TWINS NOTES:
• THE TWINS defeated the Royals today for their second straight win, and their first 2-0 start to a season since 2007 (started 3-0)…thru two games
the Twins have walked 16 times with nine of them coming around to score…the Twins went 12-10 last season when walking six-or-more times,
and 4-3 when walking seven-or-more times…the Twins walked nine times in today’s game, the most since walking nine on August 17, 2016 at
ATL…the Twins have scored 12 runs in the seventh inning this season.
• HECTOR SANTIAGO allowed one run on four hits and two walks while striking out four in 5.0 innings today…it was the fewest runs he has
allowed in the first start of a season since May 2, 2013 at TEX when he allowed one run in 5.1 innings…earned his second win at Target Field
since joining the Twins, the previous coming September 3, 2016 vs. CWS.
• BULLPEN NOTES: TYLER DUFFEY made his first career relief appearance today, tossing a perfect sixth inning to earn his first hold…JUSTIN HALEY
made his Major League debut today, tossing a perfect ninth inning…the Twins bullpen has tossed 6.0 scoreless innings with one walk, one hit
and six strikeouts in two games.
• JASON CASTRO set a career-high by walking four times in today’s game…31st time in Twins history a player has walked four-plus times, the last
coming by Jim Thome on July 21, 2010 (4 walks).
• MIGUEL SANO (1-for-3) hit his first triple of the season driving in three runs in the seventh inning…it was his third career triple and first since
September 23, 2016 vs. SEA…has now collected multiple RBI in three straight games, dating back to the 2016 season finale.
• EDUARDO ESCOBAR (2-for-4) collected his first hit of the season with a single in the second inning, scoring Sano for the Twins first run of the
game…followed it up with a three-run home run in the seventh inning…was his fourth career three-run home run…has a hit in six straight against
the Royals and has hit in 15 of his last 17 against the Royals, batting .365 (23-for-63) in that span.
ROYALS NOTES:
• THE ROYALS lost to the Twins today, their first 0-2 start since 2014…the Royals will look to avoid their first sweep of the season in the series
finale tomorrow afternoon…the last time the Royals were swept in a three-game series to start the season was 2001 (0-3 at NYY).
• IAN KENNEDY allowed three runs on three hits and five walks and five strikeouts in 5.0 innings…five walks are the most since setting his 2016
high for walks with five on May 30 vs. TB.
• MIKE MOUSTAKAS (1-for-4) went 0-for-2 against Hector Santiago and is now 0-for-16 career vs. the lefty.
• PAULO ORLANDO (1-for-3) drove in the Royals sole run on the day with an RBI single in the fourth inning.